Peter Kayode Bello Jnr. co-pilot of Bristow helicopter for burial tomorrow

The corpse of the co-pilot of Bristow Helicopter that crashed into Lagos lagoon last weeks Wednesday will be buried tomorrow Thursday in Calabar.

If you will recall, the charter Helicopter was flying from an oil rig in Escravos, Delta State, with two crew members and ten passengers and they reportedly crashed into the Lagos lagoon last week Wednesday.

Six people were rescued and were taken to the hospital while four dead bodies were recovered by Wednesday night.

As at the time of filing this report, the wreckage of the aircraft is still at the bottom of the lagoon.

Almost a dozen local divers collaborated with emergency rescue agencies in the search and rescue operations.

Other agencies present at the site include the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Waterways Authority, and the Nigeria Police.
Adedayo Hassan, a diver, said that the rescue operation was a “very hard work.”

“Yesterday, we were in the middle of the water when the incident happened,” said Mr. Hassan.
“I rushed there to rescue some people. The helicopter was smoking an‎d turning before it crashed into the water.
“We were the first person to get there. When we got there, we rescued six people. We went back and rescued four people, the four people were dead. We discovered that there were two left in the helicopter so we now went there this morning to bring them out.

“We went there, we cut the belts and some ropes they used to tie themselves. They were at the front of the helicopter. We broke the louvres of the helicopter.”
There were visible cuts and bruises on the hands and legs of some of the divers.
Haruna Ishola, their leader, said that they stopped working late last night and continued this morning.
“When they went there, we were picking them. First of all we first picked two, they were alive, another four, alive” said Mr. Ishola.
“‎After that, another four dead corpse. Yesterday night they now told us they were 12 in population, we now went back and recovered the remaining two.”

Officials at the General Hospital in Gbagada where some of the survivors were taken declined to speak to Journalist about the condition of the survivors.

Hadjia Binta Bello, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, described the accident as the “will of God.”

Last word, common reasoning suggest that we wait patiently for  the outcome of the investigation to see what actually happened, If it was the will of God or human negligence.
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